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- Judge Stephen Wilson in Los Angeles ordered Patrick Byrne to pay $1.7 million in punitive damages for intentional defamation of Hunter Biden.
- The court granted Hunter Biden $1 in nominal damages and imposed $35,000 in sanctions after Byrne ignored hearings and kept reposting the false article.
- Byrne, a longtime supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, has spread conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and COVID-19 vaccines.
